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JOURNAL OF THE HON.
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indisposition I might be incapacitated to go about the duties
of a Sabbath next day, and that tho I was designed to keep it
with Mr. Forrester, yet I ought rather to have stayed privately
where I was than be thus indisposed for any duty. This
temptation prevailed severall times, yet the Lord was pleased
to help me not to continue so, but to reflect upon myself, and
be content to endure what He laid on, looking to him for sup¬
port, while yet I was tempted to fret more, desiring I might be
fitted for the work of his day: this was a small trouble to
make me distrust the Lord’s helping me to sanctify his Sab¬
bath, if I did but aright aim at his glory in seeking after the
more publick duties of his day. This day I wrote to Mrs.
King, of Glasgow, that she might forward to me an account
from those persons I wrote to, W. C. having sent no answer to
us this week as he promised. I longed to hear from those
persons what they and others were doing, that so I might
be some way determined, and not continue in the uncertainty
I am now in.
Qth.—I heard Mr. Forrester exercise several times. The
Lord was pleased to give me a sight of yesterday’s sins, and to
help me to look to him for pardon, and aim at sincerity in
going about the duties of the day, so as to make my heart
glad in Him: 0 that the Lord would help me always to be
thankfull to Him, and rejoice over all his mercies to me.
\Oth.—This night I left Ballinton, and came to Boquhaple
with Mr. Forrester, and stayed in a barn near his house.
1UA.—John M‘Vicker came west with a horse for me, that
I might go east, my Lady having wrote to me under another
name as follows:—Dear , Any that intends to move, it
were fit they were yet to wait for an occasion. Its hard to
give advice. The only wise Lord is able to determine hearts
what course to take in this strait. I hope you are busy seek¬
ing the Lord’s direction, ye should strive against melancholy,
and be satisfyed with retiredness for a time; for if persons be
preserved from danger, spending their time well in secret,
idleness will not be imputed to you as your sin, and the Lord
can well make up the want of a little time. We have been a
sinfull people, and have indeed great cause to be humble, and
patiently to wait on God for an outgate, for He knows the
JOURNAL OF THE HON.
[AUG.
indisposition I might be incapacitated to go about the duties
of a Sabbath next day, and that tho I was designed to keep it
with Mr. Forrester, yet I ought rather to have stayed privately
where I was than be thus indisposed for any duty. This
temptation prevailed severall times, yet the Lord was pleased
to help me not to continue so, but to reflect upon myself, and
be content to endure what He laid on, looking to him for sup¬
port, while yet I was tempted to fret more, desiring I might be
fitted for the work of his day: this was a small trouble to
make me distrust the Lord’s helping me to sanctify his Sab¬
bath, if I did but aright aim at his glory in seeking after the
more publick duties of his day. This day I wrote to Mrs.
King, of Glasgow, that she might forward to me an account
from those persons I wrote to, W. C. having sent no answer to
us this week as he promised. I longed to hear from those
persons what they and others were doing, that so I might
be some way determined, and not continue in the uncertainty
I am now in.
Qth.—I heard Mr. Forrester exercise several times. The
Lord was pleased to give me a sight of yesterday’s sins, and to
help me to look to him for pardon, and aim at sincerity in
going about the duties of the day, so as to make my heart
glad in Him: 0 that the Lord would help me always to be
thankfull to Him, and rejoice over all his mercies to me.
\Oth.—This night I left Ballinton, and came to Boquhaple
with Mr. Forrester, and stayed in a barn near his house.
1UA.—John M‘Vicker came west with a horse for me, that
I might go east, my Lady having wrote to me under another
name as follows:—Dear , Any that intends to move, it
were fit they were yet to wait for an occasion. Its hard to
give advice. The only wise Lord is able to determine hearts
what course to take in this strait. I hope you are busy seek¬
ing the Lord’s direction, ye should strive against melancholy,
and be satisfyed with retiredness for a time; for if persons be
preserved from danger, spending their time well in secret,
idleness will not be imputed to you as your sin, and the Lord
can well make up the want of a little time. We have been a
sinfull people, and have indeed great cause to be humble, and
patiently to wait on God for an outgate, for He knows the
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